Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process In Defence of Politics /

• Main Author: Dixon, Paul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Peace.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; World politics.; Political leadership.; Political science.; Peace Studies.; Conflict Studies.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Political History.; Political Leadership.; Governance and Government.

This book is exceptional in defending the 'dirty politics' of the Northern Ireland peace process. Political actors in Britain, Ireland and the United States performed the peace process and used 'political skills', often including deception and hypocrisy, in order to wind down the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. In Defence of 'Real' Politics
• 3. Politics as theatre
• 4. 'A Tragedy beyond Words': Interpreting British policy towards Northern Ireland
• 5. Were the IRA defeated?
• 6. Theatrical politics and political skills
• 7. The Labour Government, 'Dirty Politics' and the Belfast Agreement
• 8. Defending the political morality of the peace process
• 9. 'Peace within the realms of the possible?' David Trimble, Unionist ideology and theatrical politics
• 10. All the world's a stage
• 11. Conclusion: Interpreting the peace process and the future of Northern Ireland.